skatermxracer
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Decided I wanted to build a kegerator after looking at all the great examples here. Lucky for me my wife was completely for the idea, as we were going to have to set it up in our kitchen. Being that it was in the kitchen I wanted to make sure it wasn't going to look too tacky.
I started out with a cheap $15 mini fridge from craigslist. It was too small but that wasn't going to stop me. After thinking about how I wanted to proceed from there, I decided to completely remove the refrigeration unit from the mini fridge and essentially build my own "fridge." So I built a frame out of wood and then lined the inside with home insulation pieces.
After that I built an insulated lid to go on top. Originally I was going to make it hinge, but this turned out to be a lot heavier and think its easier just to slide it forward.
After that i lined the sides with some wood panels from home depot. I then added some trim around the top lid. I also built the box part for the taps themselves.
Next I stained the wood, some clear and some with a darker stain. After that I went and picked out some tile to do the top with.
Then i laid the tile down and fixed myself up a drip tray using someone else's idea of using a floor central air vent.
So after all that here is the final picture. I appologize in advanced as I didn't take a whole lot of pictures of the entire process. But oh, well. What do you guys think!
I started out with a cheap $15 mini fridge from craigslist. It was too small but that wasn't going to stop me. After thinking about how I wanted to proceed from there, I decided to completely remove the refrigeration unit from the mini fridge and essentially build my own "fridge." So I built a frame out of wood and then lined the inside with home insulation pieces.
After that I built an insulated lid to go on top. Originally I was going to make it hinge, but this turned out to be a lot heavier and think its easier just to slide it forward.
After that i lined the sides with some wood panels from home depot. I then added some trim around the top lid. I also built the box part for the taps themselves.
Next I stained the wood, some clear and some with a darker stain. After that I went and picked out some tile to do the top with.
Then i laid the tile down and fixed myself up a drip tray using someone else's idea of using a floor central air vent.
So after all that here is the final picture. I appologize in advanced as I didn't take a whole lot of pictures of the entire process. But oh, well. What do you guys think!